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This has been the tone of every turnover since. In 1969, when the owners kindly excused General Eckert ("the unknown soldier"), they hired their own lawyer...
...will occur to some that, in securing his post-Games position now, Ueberroth is ensuring himself against unknown risks. If the Olympics are pleasing and profitable, he will be honored for it. But any number of lethal or logistical horrors could undo his best work. "I warned the baseball owners that they were electing a commissioner who may be the most criticized man in the country for months before he even arrives." Kuhn, in letting himself in for one more season of criticism, is no more reluctant at heart than Pete Rose...
...were first seen in monkeys at two U.S. research centers. The possibilities for study in animals far exceeds that in humans, yet researchers consistently failed in their efforts to reproduce AIDS in laboratory animals. Now, nearly a year later, scientists have announced a victory: the isolation of a previously unknown virus that appears to cause the disease known as simian AIDS. The discovery may provide a crucial clue to the cause of the mysterious human disease...
...committee expressed special concern for the yet unknown effects of acid rain on the microorganisms in soil that break down natural wastes into carbon and nitrogen. Committee Chairman William A. Neirenberg--director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography--called this "a worrisome thing...that you're not going to sit around and wait 20 years" to confirm...
...reasons for the potential exclusion of the speakers are still unknown and USIA agency officials, refuse to discuss the motivation behind the list...